So, me and my husband bought some sod, some grass seed, and some grass fertalizer in an attempt to edge out those pesky weeds. Before we could start putting down the sod though, we needed to remove the very thick concrete slabs that served as a walkway first. Seemed like a simple proposal at the time.

Well, we got the first four slabs off and found another ant colony... or perhaps it was another section of the one we originally thought we killed. Anyway, there were quite a few eggs but we drown them and then started taking out the rest of the colony. Then today we took out the rest of the slabs. Imagine our surprise and horror to find out that the hive was actually under pretty much six of the slabs in total. We took out no less than four distinct hatcheries. Hell, the eggs were so close to the slabs that there wasn't even a layer of dirt separating them anymore!

***Shiver***

Hideous! I'll all for live and let live, but that big an ant hill needs to be taken care of.

Anyways, we'll see tomorrow if we got all or most of them... we're holding off on planting the grass or removing anymore of the ground around there until it dries a bit, and we can tell what we're dealing with. Hopefully, most of the issue will be gone and dealt with now!

Trying to create a world, even in words, is good occupational therapy for lunatics who think they're God, and an excellent argument for Polytheism. -S.M. Stirling

Kerosene and a Lighter is a quick fix, Kits.
I hope I don't offend you by saying that and it may be cruel... But it will kill almost every ant in the Colony when it destroys the Oxygen in the tunnelways. Also you have the fact that most of them will go up in flames and that Kerosene is poisenous to the Ants in an area.

It's not like they have a Population problem though! O.o

-Hytegia

"Water, water, everywhere,
And all the boards did shrink;
Water, water, everywhere,
Nor any drop to drink."

My only problem with that is kerosene and any other poison can leak into underground waterways and get into streams. I'm not sure how the land is layed out in Alberta, but in BC, that poses a huge problem. Even small amounts of toxic stuff can affect a spawning area, and salmon are already in dire conditions, population-wise. Doesn't help that meth labs are pouring their run-off into streams...

I think you can use a phosphate free detergent and water (half and half) stick your shovel as far in as it will go and pour a giant bucket. That is what my old next door neighbor used to do and her lawn always came back perfectly

Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind.
Dr. Seuss (1904 - 1991)

Crazy actually just gave me a great website. I think we're going to end up using rice. According to the website they eat the rice, fill up on it, take it back and the next time they drink water it expands and kills them... Much the same reason why you don't use rice at weddings anymore.

Trying to create a world, even in words, is good occupational therapy for lunatics who think they're God, and an excellent argument for Polytheism. -S.M. Stirling